Liberation Festival on 5 May: why do we celebrate and line-up
History Liberation Day on May 5th is a Dutch public holiday marking the day when the Netherlands was officially liberated ...
Tag: WWII
Dutch Remembrance Day 4 May: history and art of WWII in Groningen
History The Netherlands marks Remembrance Day on the 4th of May to commemorate the civilian and military victims since the ...
Memorial stone at former Jewish hospice to be unveiled in September
On the first of September, a memorial stone will be officially unveiled at Beth Zekenim, a former hospice for Jewish ...
‘Dodenherdenking’ and ‘Bevrijdingsdag’ are this weekend, but what exactly are they and what’s happening around them?
The Day of Remembrance, or Dodenherdenking (4th May) and Liberation Day, Bevrijdingsdag, (5th May) are this weekend, with various events happening across ...
World War II bombs found at Eelde airport
Two 250 kilo aerial bombs from World War II were found during a soil analysis at Groningen Airport Eelde on ...
Wreckage of World War II planes found during MSC Zoe salvage operation
The salvage operation in the North Sea for containers that fell overboard from the MSC Zoe has also recovered remnants ...
Memorial “stumbling stones” for World War Two resistance fighters unveiled in Assen
The glimmering stones on the sidewalks of Assen are a memorial for 33 resistance fighters who died in Assen during ...
